Archives for June 2011

Here is my suggestion for the best way to put a music recording studio together for $600. Someone whose been using his brother’s home studio found out Bro was moving out and taking his gear with him. He had a budget of $600 and planned to mainly record acoustic, electric and bass guitars, and various…… See More

Someone asked this question over at the Home Recording Forum: If you’re getting the right tone from the start when you record, for example using the tone control on the guitar and its amplifier, why is EQ needed in mixing? I’ve read a bunch of articles singing the praises of EQ, but in the mixes…… See More

When it comes to audio quality, there is no one true scale or score you can give to determine how professional sounding the audio quality is. It is mostly a matter of opinion. Oh sure, you can measure things like signal-to-noise ratio, or chart energy across a spectrum of frequencies. But at the end of…… See More

Making sure your audio can be heard easily and clearly is important. One of the best audio editing tools available to us is called compression. With a compressor, we can even out the volume of certain tracks in our recordings, or even the entire mix. One primary reason for this is to prevent the listener…… See More